Help protect the last 73 Southern Resident orcas before they are lost forever

Dear Friend, 3 Southern Resident orcas are dead and their surviving family is growing weaker by the day. Act before it’s too late: donate $27 or more immediately for orcas and the planet. If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate $100 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( Starving. Mourning. One major oil spill away from extinction. Southern Resident orcas Cappuccino, Marina, and now young Ripple are all dead. That leaves only 73 members of their family left in the wild. And they are growing weaker every day. But Big Oil tankers and shipping megaprojects pose a serious existential threat to the remaining whales. [Friend, if we don’t act now, we could be the last generation to share the Earth with these endangered whales. Will you donate $27 today to protect the remaining orcas and our planet?]( Last year, the devastating loss of Ripple left his family reeling in grief. Southern Resident orcas live in close-knit, sensitive family communities known as pods. Each loss is felt by the entire pod. With every death, their chances of survival plummet as their grief can push them into starvation. That’s why we can’t stand to lose even one more of these precious whales. But Big Oil and the shipping industry will line their pockets at any cost -- even if it means wiping out Southern Resident orcas forever. The last Southern Resident orcas are just one major oil spill away from extinction. And we know that oil spills are not a matter of “if,” but rather “when.” Enough is enough: how long will we let Big Oil get away with their deadly dealings? Help protect the last 73 Southern Resident orcas and the planet from Big Oil and shipping megaprojects before we lose them forever. Donate $27 now! If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate $100 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( Grief isn’t the only thing threatening Southern Resident orcas, Friend. It’s actually a result of more sinister actors at play: Orcas rely on Chinook salmon as their main food source. But these fish have substantially declined in the last decade. In fact, many Chinook salmon runs are now threatened or endangered themselves. Struggling to find food, orcas are being driven to starvation. They’re under extreme stress and even suffering miscarriages. Big Oil and Big Shipping’s megaprojects would amplify these threats. Ultimately, they would devastate the remaining Southern Resident orca population. The proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline would increase oil tanker traffic in Southern Resident critical habitat SEVEN-FOLD. This means going from one oil tanker a week through these waters to one per day! Worst of all, it will also be transporting millions of gallons of toxic tar sands oil per day -- the dirtiest kind -- through this already delicate orca habitat. The Roberts Bank T2 shipping terminal project would significantly increase cargo ship traffic in prime orca habitat. It would drive Chinook salmon further away from orcas and drop their numbers even further. The noise pollution from the ships will also disrupt the killer whales’ sonar hunting methods, preventing them from finding the few salmon left in the region. And now, the worst has happened: this shipping terminal has recently been approved by the Canadian government. But we can still fight back! If we let Big Oil and Big Shipping get away with their reckless plans in pursuit of profit, it could be too late for Southern Resident orcas. Between the chronic lack of salmon and the disruption of their hunting methods, orcas will starve to death and be driven to extinction. We have to show Big Oil and the shipping industry that we won’t allow them to put corporate profits over the lives of precious wildlife and the ecosystems that rely on them. We can’t let Big Oil push vulnerable orcas further toward extinction -- the time to fight back is NOW. Rush your $27 donation now and protect orcas and our planet. If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate $100 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( Did you know that orcas play a part in the air you breathe? That’s right, Friend. Orcas release vital nutrients for phytoplankton, which in turn provide half of the oxygen we breathe. But their impact doesn’t stop there. They absorb hundreds of thousands of tons of carbon each year. This flow of nutrients promotes healthy ecosystems and a functioning planet, which is why we must protect these orcas at all costs. But orcas are just one oil spill away from extinction. Proposed Big Oil megaprojects like the expanded Trans Mountain Pipeline could be fatal. Orcas can’t detect oil spills. The fumes alone can knock out and drown a full-grown whale. When the next oil spill occurs, they may swim through toxic tar sands oil, leading to infection, suffocation, and death. Friend, we can’t let Big Oil and the shipping industry put vulnerable Southern Resident orcas at risk anymore. Your membership support today will go a long way toward protecting orcas and our planet, and helping stop these reckless megaprojects that have the potential to wipe out the remaining 73 orcas. Orcas are at a tipping point -- and if we don’t act soon, we could lose them forever. Friends of the Earth is doing everything we can to fight against greedy corporate interests and save these precious whales and our planet. But we can’t do it without your help. Please, Friend, join us in this fight and rush your $27 contribution today before the clock strikes midnight and we lose any more of these majestic creatures. Don’t let Big Oil and corporate greed exploit our oceans for profit. Donate $27 now to stand up for orcas and our planet before the damage is irreversible. 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